Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

4. And further, The invitation of Christ, when it is indeed effectual, as I know it is Christs voice, Christ comes and knocks at the door, and the soul knows who it is (that is to be applied to his particular Call). As ⟨p. 127⟩Christ saith, I stand at the door and knock: that is to be referred to the second particular, I stand and knock at the door, and if any man will open to me, I will come in to him, and sup with him. God doth not only proclaim pardon, but comes to the door of the soul, and stands at thy door particularly: you cannot but find this by experience, you that have the work of Grace upon you, you have lived under the means a long time, but God comes and knocks at your doors also; which is a mighty condescension of a Prince, that doth not only send forth a Proclamation, but knocks at the poor Traitors door; and so doth Christ: and when that is done, before the soul doth indeed come and cast himself so upon Christ, and commit himself to Christ, there are some secret items and intimations that God doth intend love to it in particular, that he hath thoughts of love and mercy to the soul, though I have been very vile, and very wretched, yet partly I gather it, by the way of God towards me, that there is thoughts of mercy to me.

4. And further, The invitation of Christ, when it is indeed effectual, as I know it is Christs voyce, Christ comes and knocks at the door, and the soul knows who it is (that is to be applyed to his particular Call). As ⟨p. 127⟩Christ saith, I stand at the door and knock: that is to be referred to the second particular, I stand and knock at the door, and if any man will open to me, I will come in to him, and sup with him. God doth not only proclaim pardon, but comes to the door of the soul, and stands at thy door particularly: you cannot but find this by experience, you that have the work of Grace upon you, you have lived under the means a long time, but God comes and knocks at your doors also; which is a mighty condescention of a Prince, that doth not only send sorth a Proclamation, but knocks at the poor Traitors door; and so doth Christ: and when that is done, before the soul doth indeed come and cast himself so upon Christ, and commit himself to Christ, there are some secret items and intimations that God doth intend love to it in particular, that he hath thoughts of love and mercy to the soul, though I have been very vile, and very wretched, yet partly I gather it, by the way of God towards me, that there is thoughts of mercy to me.